ՙ

ՙ U+0559, ՙ ARMENIAN MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING [unassigned: U+0557–U+0558] ← Ֆ [U+0556] Armenian ՚ → [U+055A]

Armenian

Punctuation mark

ՙ • (ʿ)

1. Armenian modifier letter left half ring. In dialectological notation, used to indicate the aspiration of բ (b), դ (d), գ (g), ձ (j) and ջ (ǰ) in some dialects: բՙ (bʿ), դՙ (dʿ), գՙ (gʿ), ձՙ (jʿ), ջՙ (ǰʿ). Transliterated as ʿ.

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʿiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʿiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʿartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)]] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow, Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 10
• Ovsepjan, L. S.; Gevorkjan, G. G. (2013), “Armjanskije dialekty (obščij obzor) [Armenian dialects (general overview)]”, in Yuri B.Koryakov and Andrej A. Kibrik, editors, Jazyki mira: Reliktovyje indojevropejskije jazyki Perednej i Centralʹnoj Azii [Languages of the World: Relict Indo-European languages of Western and Central Asia]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Academia, page 324
• The Unicode Standard 3.0, p. 172

See also

• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   է̀   օ̈   օ̈̀   ո̈ւ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ֈ / յ̵   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍